Bones found in Kenmore park was missing man

The human skull found Thursday at St. Edward State Park was a Kenmore man who had been missing since April 2006.

Deputies don’t suspect foul play in the death of Brian MacDonald, who was 46 when he was last seen.

Students at Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. N.E., found the remains while walking through trails near the school. Bastyr neighbors the 316-acre St. Edward State Park, which for years was home to a Catholic seminary.

MacDonald’s bones were taken to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office for examination and identification.

On April 4, 2006, MacDonald dropped off his daughter at school and said he was going for a walk. He was never seen again.

Detectives said they are looking into MacDonald’s activities at the time as a routine investigation.

The former seminary building at St. Edward State Park was built in 1931 by the Archdioceses of Seattle. The Von Trapp family – made famous in “The Sound of Music” – stayed there in the early 1950s, and the seminary closed in 1977. McMenamins tried to renovate the property in 2007. But neighbors opposed it, McMenamins instead is renovating Bothell’s W.A. Anderson building, and the seminary at St. Edward has continued to deteriorate.